County profile
Cowley County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#1417 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,889
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
719
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,382
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$57.9k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
24.5%±1.8%
Poverty rate
14.3%±2.1%
Business applications
283 · 2025
Retail establishments
106
30.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing48%
Health care19%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation10%
Education4%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,382
residents · 2025 · -0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $48.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−41
International migration+269
Natural change−386
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$120.9k±$7.9k
Median gross rent
$809/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
14.6%±2.4%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$6.5M
35 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 92Tornado 91Ice storm 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2452016
2442017
2512018
2582019
2702020
3022021
3402022
3622023
3802024
3922025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -48% since 2021672021
1202022
772023
412024
352025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
44.4 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
8.0 km
SKOL
Nearest port
145.8 km
Tulsa-Rogers County Port, OK
Nearest commercial airport
69.7 km
WICHITA DWIGHT D EISENHOWER NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.6k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Cowley?
Cowley's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, contracting 0.2% year over year — slower than 80% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.